with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
several people; a few people
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
occupation; calling; livelihood
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
other; another; over; more than; I; me
counter for generations; epoch
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
bit; bit (of a drill, screwdriver, etc.)
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
battlefield; battleground
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
crash; smash; crunch; bang
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
colon (punctuation); eau de Cologne; colonist; colón (currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador); colon